April 27, 1917. 
for ‘separate support’ settled and 
names changed.” : 
Dispensing thus with information 
Mr. Atherton took up relaxation, un- 
der which division he related some of 
the remarkable wills that had been 
filed in the probate courts of Essex 
_County and elsewhere. 
“Qne man was buried in a sitting 
position in an easy chair, his tomb 
having been specially prepared under 
the terms of his will.. The under- 
taker dressed him in light flannels in 
keeping with the season. If it had 
been winter he was to have _ been 
dressed in overcoat, mittens and ear- 
laps. 
“My two wives are buried in the 
cemetery, lying east and west, 
and I wish to be buried in a north and 
south position so that my head shall 
rest on one and my feet on the other,’ 
is the way one Essex County man 
made his will. 
“A man provided in his will re- 
cently that his Ford auto should be 
buried with him, for, as he said, ‘I 
never got into a hole yet that it 
wouldn’t get me out of.’ 
“A bachelor left all his property to 
two ladies who had refused to marry 
him, saying that he owed all his earth- 
ly happiness to their refusal. 
“iT ____ J] bequeath five shil- 
lings to get drunk for the last time at 
my expense,’ is the. way one John 
Davis, made his will. 
“A West Peabody woman recently 
left a colony of bees, in her will. 
“Joseph Jefferson left to the late 
President Cleveland his ‘best Ken- 
tucky fishing reel.’ Both gentlemen 
were ardent fishermen and the late 
president probably appreciated the 
gift more than he would have a large 
sum of money. 
“Some wills are in the form of 
poetry and it is the duty of the pro- 
bate court to see that they are carried 
out as nearly exact as possible, ac- 
cording to the best interpretation of 
the will. In one such will the testator 
declared he had nothing, owed a great 
deal and left the rest to the poor.” 
Mr. Atherton told how some of his 
mail comes to him. He gets some 
addressed to “Horace H. Atherton, 
Jr., Dr.,” because that is the way it 
appears on the head of the bills sent 
out from the probate court office. 
“Clerk of the Supreme Court, East 
Saugus,” and “Clerk of the Divorce 
Court” are some of the distinguished 
titles he labors under. 
“One of the interesting functions 
of the probate court is the changing 
of names,” said the speaker. “A man 
with a name like Raschvitchklrowklo- 
chowvsk can come into the probate 
court and as quick as you snap your 
finger his name is ‘Smith’ Owen 
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